Tucson Weekly: Listings: Art (April 2

ART
Opening This Week
Listings CENTRAL ARTS COLLECTIVE. 188 E. Broadway. 623-5883. Opening April 2 and continuing through April 29: 3-for-ALL, recent works by Gary Blackmer, Ron Mayo and Erica Swadley. There's an artists' reception from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, April 4, with a poetry reading by Dominic Corva and James Uhrig. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Thursday Art Walk and Downtown Saturday Nights.
OLD PUEBLO FRAMEWORKS AND GALLERY. 6290 E. Grant Road. 326-4177. Opening April 4 and continuing through May 1: Layered Elements, a group exhibit by the Collage Association of Southern Arizona. There's an artists' reception from 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 4. Call for gallery hours.
DINNERWARE GALLERY. 135 E. Congress St. 792-4503. Continuing through April 26: new work by Linda Caputo, Monica Jost and Laura LaFave. There's an artists' reception from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, April 3, with music by Sunjaya. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 7 p.m. Thursday, and Downtown Saturday Nights.
ELYSIAN GROVE B&B GALLERY. 400 W. Simpson St. 628-1522. An afternoon of art and music, from noon to 6 p.m. Sunday, April 5: ceramic art by Anne Carrel, steel sculpture by Blair Martin and paintings by Aryen Hart. Live music will accompany the show, and each artist will donate one work of art for a free raffle.
HACIENDA DEL SOL GALLERY. 5601 Hacienda Del Sol Road. 299-1501. Opening April 5 and continuing through May 2: platinum photographs by Gary Auerbach. There's an artist's reception from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 5. Gallery hours are from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.
MURPHEY GALLERY. St. Philip's In The Hills. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. 299-1816. Opening April 5 and continuing through April 30: watercolors by Rose M. Molin and pastels by Ginny Olson Richardson. There's an opening reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 5. Gallery hours are 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday.
ROTUNDA GALLERY. UA Student Union, third floor. 621-5123. Opening April 8 and continuing through May 7: the M.F.A. thesis exhibition of Michael Campbell. There's an opening reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 12. Continuing through May 14: drawings by Ken Morgan. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Sunday.
Continuing
APPARATUS GALLERY. 299 S. Park Ave. 791-3505. Continuing through May 2: Clay & Mosaic, a group exhibition featuring the works of David Aguirre, Maurice Grossman, Ann Hoff, Robert Hoffman, Joy Holdread, James A. Jones, Anna Keefer, Jim Pollack, Sherrie Posternak and Dan Wilhelm. Gallery hours are 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
APPAREL GALLERY. 191 E. Toole Ave. 798-1952. Continuing: Traveling Abroad, a multi-media exhibit that combines art pieces and vintage clothing to evoke a thematically coherent exploration of travel. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, and by appointment.
ARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM GALLERY. 2021 N. Kinney Road. Continuing through April 22: Animals of the Sonoran Desert, an exhibition of origami by Michael LaFosse. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily. Admission is free with museum ticket. Call 883-2702 for information.
BERO GALLERY. 41 S. Sixth Ave. 792-0313. Continuing through April 11: photographs and handmade books by Alice Cummings and Cynthia Laureen Vogt. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, 2 to 7 p.m. Thursday, noon to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 7 to 10 p.m. Downtown Saturday Nights, and by appointment.
CENTER FOR CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY. 621-7968. UA campus, south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. Continuing through May 24: Sea Change: The Seascape in Contemporary Photography, including works by 18 photographic artists. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
CITY HOME FURNISHINGS. 5460 Broadway Blvd. 747-1729. Continuing: functional art by industrial designer Max Gottschalk, glass artist Jason Matcalfe and furniture designers Tim Haskin and Anne Winkler. Call for business hours.
DAVIS DOMINGUEZ GALLERY. Casas Adobes Office Park. 6812 N. Oracle Road. 297-1427. Continuing through may 16: bronzes by Julia Andres, paintings by Robert D. Cocke and Susan Conaway. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
DESERT ARTISANS' GALLERY. 6536 E. Tanque Verde Road. 722-4412 Continuing through May 17: Harmony and Contrast, an exhibit featuring the works of local artists in various media. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sunday.
ELEANOR JECK GALLERIES. St. Philip's Plaza. 4280 N. Campbell Ave. 299-2139. Continuing through April 17: Burst of Spring, featuring new works by gallery artists. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and by appointment.
ELIZABETH CHERRY CONTEMPORARY ART. 437 E. Grant Road. 903-0577. Continuing through May 2: Works by Alice Stepanek and Steven Maslin. The show features highly detailed landscape paintings combining formal and conceptual theory. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Thursday through Saturday.
HACIENDA DEL SOL GALLERY. 5601 Hacienda Del Sol Road. 299-1501. Continuing through May: the paintings of T.J. Gress June. Call for gallery hours.
IT'S A BLAST GALLERY. 2631 E. Broadway. 327-7879. Continuing: hand-blown glassware by Phil Kindler and Marsha Jacquay; watercolors and prints by Jean Beck; industrial/deco metal furnishings by Damion Velasquez; and silver jewelry by Stephanie Boardly. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
J & R FRAMING GALLERY. 6250 N. Oracle Road. 297-7457. Continuing through April 3: The Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild (SAWG) presents its 30th annual juried exhibition. Gallery hours are from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from 1 to 5 p.m. on Sunday.
LIONEL ROMBACH GALLERY. Gross Gallery Building. UA Fine Arts Complex, south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. 626-4215. Continuing through April 16: Retro: The Future of the Future, a juried student exhibition by UA undergraduate Visual Communications majors. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
OBSIDIAN GALLERY. 4340 N. Campbell Ave. 577-3598. Continuing through April 25: works in fiber by Linda Lewis. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
PHANTOM GALLERY. Continuing at the Tucson Arts District Partnership, 4 E. Congress St.: paintings by Jennifer Sullivan Carney; and painted wood sculptures and Prismacolor drawings by Joan Sullivan Marum. Continuing at 45 N. Sixth Ave.: Aloha Shirts, a project by students at Flowing Wells Junior High School. Continuing at 221 N. Court Ave.: watercolors by Palmer Butler. Continuing at 110 S. Church Ave.: whimsical enamel-on-glass paintings by Janet Miller. Call 624-9977 for information on other Phantom Gallery locations.
PHANTOM MURALS AND SCULPTURE. The following outdoor murals are located in the Arts District: Ofrenda, by Martin Hernandez, 111 S. Sixth Ave; Homage To Tucson, by Lydia D'Amico, 400 N. Fourth Ave; Cats, by Monika Rossa, 36 E. Congress St.; Mythical Muscular Figures, by Gustavo Rocha, behind Johnny Gibson's in Arizona Alley; Drawn to the Light, by Luna Lee Ray, corner of Broadway and Stone Avenue; and The Thinkers, by Eleanor Kohloss, Fourth Avenue and Sixth Street. Ned Egan's Blue Steel Bouquet, the first in the Phantom Sculpture Spring Series, can be found next to the Julian Drew building on Broadway between Fifth and Sixth avenues. The newest addition to the Phantom Sculpture Series, 2B by Konried Muench, is in front of the Bank of America Plaza at 33 N. Stone Ave. Call the Tucson Arts District Partnership at 624-9977 for information.
PHILABAUM CONTEMPORARY ART GLASS. 711 S. Sixth Ave. 884-7404. Continuing through April 25: Philabaum's Southwest Invitational XI, Deep Relief--Carved Glass, with works by 11 artists. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
PINK ADOBE GALLERY. 222 E. Congress St. 623-2828. Continuing through April 30: pencil drawings by Katherine Hetzel, pottery by Jack Charney and metal sculpture by Henry Dupere. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; and from 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Downtown Saturday Night.
PINK ADOBE GALLERY EAST. 6538 E. Tanque Verde Road. 298-5995. Continuing through April 30: luminaries by Bella Luz and Judaica by Gary Rosenthal. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
ROSEQUIST GALLERIES. 1615 E. Fort Lowell Road. 327-5729. Continuing through April 7: Three for the Show, an exhibition featuring new works by Stephanie Carleton, Frederick Hambley and Phil Lichtenhan. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
TOHONO CHUL PARK GALLERY. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. Continuing through April 27: You Can't Judge A Book by Its Cover, an exhibit of unique, handmade books. Continuing through April 12: Trappings of the Cowboy: Boots, Saddles, Hats & More. Gallery hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART. 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333. Continuing through May 24: Directions: Point of Fracture, an installation by Amy Zuckerman combining photographs and tape recordings of the families of murder victims. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $2 for adults, $1 for seniors and students, and free for children under age 12. Admission is free for all on Tuesdays.
Last Chance
JOSÉ GALVEZ GALLERY. 743 N. Fourth Ave. 624-6878. Continuing through April 4: The Road To Mexico, photographs from Tucson to Sonora by Maeve Hickey. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, and 6 to 9 p.m. Downtown Saturday Nights.
JOSEPH GROSS GALLERY. UA Campus, located on the southeast corner of Park Avenue and Speedway. 626-4215. Continuing through April 2: Abject Lands: Personal Horizons, an exchange exhibition of work by faculty and students from the University of Western Australia, the Edith Cowan University in Perth, Australia, and the University of Arizona. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.
MURPHEY GALLERY. St. Philip's in the Hills Episcopal Church. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. 298-0586. Continuing through April 2: natural history photography by Bishop "Skip" McDonald, and Southwestern wildlife in watercolor and mixed-media by Don Fillenberg. Gallery hours are 2 to 4 p.m. Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.
OLD PUEBLO GALLERY. 6290 E. Grant Road. 885-0746. Continuing through April 3: Nine Views in Waterside, an exhibit by Lees Neuf, with works by Perdita Andrews, Diana Davis, Kathi Doudnik, Joanne Garry, Barbara Lewis, Lois L. McDonald, Cindy Reves, Ann Rodgers and Joan Shaw. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, and by appointment.
RAW GALLERY. 43 S. Sixth Ave. 882-6927. Continuing through April 4: The Tablet Series, recent works by Susan Rider. These large oil paintings seem to be torn from a child's diary. Continuing: Love to Hate, Hate to Love II, an exhibition of miniature works by the group TAG in the RAW windows. Gallery hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, until 7 p.m. during Thursday Night Art Walk, from 7 to 10 p.m. Downtown Saturday Nights, and by appointment.
S.T.A.I.N.E.D. GALLERY. Sabino high School. 5000 N. Bowes Road. 512-3225 ext. 5315. Continuing through April 8: Feel the Blues, the photography of Charles Rhone, featuring his photographs of famous blues musicians. Gallery hours are form 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays or by appointment.
TEMPLE GALLERY. 330 S. Scott Ave. 884-4875. Continuing through April 8: Her Garden: Objects and Sites Remembered, an exhibit of paintings by Barbara Rogers. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and prior to ATC performances. Call 624-7370 for information.
Out Of Town
OTERO STREET GALLERY. 5 Camino Otero. Tubac, Arizona. (520) 398-8014. Opening April 4 and continuing through May 24: works by the artists of the Otero Plaza. There's an opening reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 4. Gallery Hours are from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
TUBAC CENTER OF THE ARTS. 9 Plaza Road, Tubac. 398-9511. Continuing through April 26: A Tradition of Excellence, the Arizona Designer Craftsmen '98 exhibit, featuring 26 artists presenting 56 pieces. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 1 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday.
Announcements
ARTS BRIGADE. Calling community and neighborhood artists: Want to have some fun and help your community? The Tucson Arts Brigade is a multi-cultural, inter-generational collective of community-based cultural workers. For participation information, weekly events, donations of art supplies, or commissioning the Arts Brigade for a project or program, call 791-9359; or email ArtBrigade@aol.com.
ARTS & CRAFTS SUBMISSIONS. St. Philip's In The Hills. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. The parish holds its sixth-annual juried Outdoor Arts & Crafts festival on October 18, with jurying for the show on April 25. For an application, send SASE to Viola Marshall, 2111 N. Camino da La Cienega, Tucson, AZ 85715. Call 298-0586 for information, or stop by the parish office.
ART WALK. Fine artists and galleries await on the weekly Art Walk, a self- or docent-guided stroll through the Downtown Arts District between 5 and 7:30 p.m. Thursdays. Free tours of public art displays and participating galleries begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Park Inn Suite Santa Rita Hotel, 88 E. Broadway. Call 624-9977 for information and a listing of participating galleries.
ARTISAN'S MARKET. Plaza of the Pioneers. Tucson Museum of Art. 140 N. Main Ave. Join Tucson artisans for food, music and arts and crafts, including jewelry, pottery, glass and metal art, furniture and photography, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on April 3, 4 and 5. Call 624-2333 for information.
CALL TO ARTISTS. The Center Arts Gallery at the UA Campus Christian Center seeks art in all media for wall display during the 1998-'99 season. Interested artists should send 10 35mm slides representative of their work, slide list and résumé to: The Campus Christian Center, 715 N. Park Ave., Tucson, AZ 85719. Submission deadline is April 15.
CALL TO ARTISTS. The Hunger Artist Gallery, 1001-E Yale Blvd., SE, Albuquerque, NM, is accepting submissions for Works Unknown, a students-only art exhibition to run from May 21 to June 22. Submissions of 2D and 3D media will be considered (no video, installation, glass or ceramics) from artists 18 and over currently attending school or an art class. Fees are $5 per entry, limited to five entries. All works must be for sale at a 15-percent commission to the gallery. Deadline is April 20. For information, send SASE to The Hunger Gallery; or call toll free on Fridays, (888) 943-0238.
CENTER FOR CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY. 621-7968. UA campus, south end of the pedestrian underpass on Speedway east of Park Avenue. Part of the continuing exhibit Sea Change: The Seascape in Contemporary Photography, Trudy Wilner Stack, exhibition curator and curator for the Center for Creative Photography, presents Taking the Seascape Seriously: A Late Century Affinity. The Gallery Talk is at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 5.
EMPOWERMENT WORKSHOPS. WomanKraft Castle Art Center. 388 S. Stone Ave. 629-9976. WomanKraft continues its Neighborhood Arts Empowerment Workshop Series from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. Workshops are $10, free to anyone making less than $15,000 a year, careless or homeless. Children who are capable of working independently are welcome; others must have adult supervision. Pre-registration is required. Call 629-9976 for registration or for a schedule of upcoming workshops.
GLASSBLOWING DEMONSTRATION. Watch glassblowers practice their craft at the downtown studio of Philabaum Contemporary Art Glass, 711 S. Sixth Ave. Call 884-7404 to confirm the day's schedule, or if there are more than six people in your party.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS. The Obsidian Gallery, 4340 N. Campbell Ave., is accepting submissions for all craft and fine arts media, furniture, lighting, functional and/or decorative objects for a Summer 1998 Interiors exhibition. Deadline for submissions is May 1. Include SASE for the return of materials. The gallery is also seeking submissions of outdoor sculpture for its annual Monsoon Madness show. That deadline is also May 1. Call 577-3598 for information.
WAREHOUSE WALKS. Take a tour of Tucson's Historic Warehouse District with The Tucson Arts District Partnership. Tours run the second Saturday of each month, and meet at 8:50 a.m. in the lobby of the Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress St. Group size is limited, with RSVPs requested by 5 p.m. the Thursday prior to the tour. Participants should dress comfortably, and plan on being outdoors. Call 624-9977 for reservations and information.